The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick by Mandelbrot, Benoit
The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick by Mandelbrot, Benoit

The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

Here is the remarkable life story of Benoit Mandelbrot, the creator of fractal geometry, and his unparalleled...
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The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick by Mandelbrot, Benoit

The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

$55.50
The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick by Mandelbrot, Benoit

The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

$55.50
Author: Benoit Mandelbrot
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Here is the remarkable life story of Benoit Mandelbrot, the creator of fractal geometry, and his unparalleled contributions to science mathematics, the financial world, and the arts. Mandelbrot recounts his early years in Warsaw and in Paris, where he was mentored by an eminent mathematician uncle, through his days evading the Nazis in occupied France, to his education at Caltech, Princeton, and MIT, and his illustrious career at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. An outside to mainstream scientific research, he managed to do what others had thought impossible: develop a new geometry that combines revelatory beauty with a radical way of unfolding formerly hidden scientific laws. In the process he was able to use geometry to solve fresh, real-world problems.

With exuberance and an eloquent fluency, Benoit Mandelbrot recounts the high points of his fascinating life, offering us a glimpse into the evolution of his extraordinary mind.

With full-color inserts and black-and-white photographs throughout.

Author: Benoit Mandelbrot
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/14/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.07h x 5.17w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780307389916

About the Author

A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Benoit Mandelbrot obtained his doctorate from the University of Paris and spent more than thirty-five years at IBM as a research scientist. Best known as the father of fractal geometry, he transformed our understanding of information theory, economics, fluid turbulence, nonlinear dynamics, and geophysics. He died in 2010.


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